Exposure to cell phone radiation up-regulates apoptosis genes in primary cultures of neurons and astrocytes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 412, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-38

  Zhao, Tian Yong ^a   Zou, Shi Ping ^a   Knapp, Pamela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Cell phone radiation; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 2; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 9; PROTEIN BAX;

ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR PHONE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33845932888     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.092     Document Type: Article

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